From icy runways made of compacted snow to perilous clifftop landings, we bring you some of the smallest and most exciting landing strips in the world.
“One of our biggest challenges is being seen as this locked-up mountain kingdom,” a Bhutanese politician complained to me during my visit to the tiny Himalayan land of the thunder dragon in late 2022. I’d come to join the prime minister, members of government and enthusiastic locals on an inaugural hike along the new Trans Bhutan Trail – a revived network of ancient trading paths.